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blaw

American  
[blaw] / blɔ /

verb (used with or without object)

Scot. and North England.
  1. blow.


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Oh, Martinmas wind! when wilt thou blaw     And shake the dead leaves frae the tree?

From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.

Epistle to Charles Baxter Noo lyart leaves blaw ower the green 265 IV.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

When chitterin’ cauld the day sall daw, Loud may your bonny bugles blaw And loud your drums may beat.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"I thought I heard a wee horn blaw, And it blew loud and high; And ay at ilka turn it said,55 'Away, Musgrave, away!'"

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

O Marti'mas wind, when wilt thou blaw, An' shake the green leaves aff the tree?

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

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